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No snakes have been recorded living in the wild in the Kenai Peninsula, according to Selinger. But he added that it doesn't mean people can't have them as indoor pets.

One of two pet stores in the central peninsula went out of business last March. The only other pet store in the area is a Petco, which does not have any garter snakes in stock, according to a worker there.

Pierce lives a block away from Tustemena Elementary School, the Anchorage Daily News reported. He wondered if the snake escaped from a classroom show-and-tell. Or maybe it arrived through transport from outside the state.

Garter snakes in the a much sunnier part of the world

No pet snakes have been reported missing from the nearby school, according to principal Doug Hayman.

Another possibility is that the snake arrived in Alaska by cargo ship, Selinger said. The snakes live off frogs and insects, he said.

'It is not out of the question one could survive here, but our harsh climate makes it difficult in the winter,' he said.

The above-average temperatures in the area might have been warm enough for the snake to survive outside, but Pierce said the reptile might have been run over by his snow blower, based on a nick on the end of its tail.

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